Doc Watson is 87 years old. His health is not what it once was, and chatting briefly with him on the phone (he's not feeling well, he says) proves a bittersweet experience, with one thrilled by the ...

Doc Watson was the finest guitar picker of his time. Paul Natkin/Archive Photos via Getty Images Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University Arthel Lane “Doc” Watson was born on March 3, 1923, in Stony ...

Legendary guitarist Doc Watson died May 29 at the age of 89 at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Watson had undergone colon surgery earlier that week following a ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced ...

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Descriptive notes by A.L. Lloyd on container; notes by Ralph Rinzler and port. (1 leaf) enclosed. Performer(s): Old time music; performed by the Watson Family. Production notes: Recorded Sept. 1964, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Folk musician Doc Watson will perform at 8 p.m. Friday (3/26) in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Presented by Purdue Convocations, Watson will be joined by his grandson Richard ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Doc Watson, the Grammy-award winning folk musician whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world for more than a half-century, died Tuesday at ...